HEALTH HACKATHONS
A 48-to-54-hour innovation marathon to move from a frontline clinical pain point to a working prototype.
With over 50 health hackathons organized across France (Strasbourg, Castres, Bordeaux, Lyon, Nice) and internationally (Montreal, Mexico City, Nijmegen, Berlin, Sierre, Milan), the Health Factory team is Europe’s leading healthcare hackathon facilitator. We co-organize Hacking Health Camp in Strasbourg (800+ attendees, 400 hackathonians, 60 challenges, ~30 prototypes built in one weekend) as well as custom corporate hackathons such as the Pierre Fabre Hackathon.
BREAKING DOWN SILOS IN 54 HOURS
A health hackathon is a collaborative innovation marathon where healthcare professionals and patients pitch frontline problems (“challenges”) to a community of developers, UX designers, engineers, students, and entrepreneurs.
Over a full weekend (48 to 54 hours), multidisciplinary teams work side by side—supported by experienced mentors—to build and demo a functional prototype before an expert jury.
INTERNAL & OPEN INNOVATION HACKATHON: PIERRE FABRE
We design and facilitate bespoke hackathons for pharmaceutical companies, MedTech leaders, and hospital groups.
During the Pierre Fabre Hackathon in Castres, we united internal teams with external engineering and design talent to prototype concrete digital solutions across dermo-cosmetics, oncology, and patient care pathways.
FROM STRASBOURG’S HACKING HEALTH CAMP TO GLOBAL HUBS
Co-organizers of Hacking Health Camp in Strasbourg (800+ participants, 400 hackathonians, 60 challenges, ~30 prototypes per weekend), our facilitators have organized and mentored 50+ health hackathons worldwide:
- In France: Strasbourg, Castres, Bordeaux, Lyon, Nice, Lille, Paris.
- Internationally: Montreal (Canada), Mexico City (Mexico), Nijmegen (Netherlands), Berlin (Germany), Sierre (Switzerland), Milan (Italy).
INSIDE THE GENESIS OF THE 11 HACKING HEALTH CAMP 2021 WINNING PROJECTS
How 12 frontline challenge owners (clinicians, patients, pharmacists, researchers) built 11 prototypes in 54 hours
In our feedback report published on the Health Factory Medium publication, we trace the stories of the 12 challenge owners behind the 11 winning projects from Hacking Health Camp 2021: GO ONE GAME, HELLO KINÉ, ODYSSÉE, ORTHOMASTER, OXYLIB, Data Breast Cancer Project, Leaf Check, 1000 J, COLORED, STOP BLOC, and ALOUETTE.
Every project illustrates how a frontline clinical or patient pain point turns into a working prototype through structured coaching and multidisciplinary collaboration over a single hackathon weekend.
